I can’t wait until tonight’s 8-minute dating event! I won’t be there to date but to watch and offer support.  Let me throw about a bit of advice “more cheese, less whine”. By that I mean, more time smiling and enjoying the positive and less time going to negative town . I bring this up because having been single and a radio host for the greater part of my life I know for a fact that attitude is what shapes these events. Just because you don’t meet your soulmate doesn’t mean you can’t have a great time. If you go there with a goal (for example: I’m going to make one new friend or I’m going to have a great time no matter what) you will achieve it so make it a positive one. By the same token if you leave the house expecting not to like anyone, you won’t. You also should manage your expectations. It’s great if you meet a man that looks like Brad Pitt and acts like George Clooney (or a woman that looks like Halle Berry and acts like Drew Barrymore) but I wouldn’t make that a goal.  That being said put on an outfit you are comfortable in and work it! I’ll see you tonight.

At least I think it is at Tommy T’s and if the rest of their menu is any indication I’m going to be a lucky girl! There are many things I like about the area, the Taco Tuesday tradition is just one of them. Actually, I’ve never done Taco Tuesday myself, only read and heard about it but I support it. Enough about the menu, Baltazar and I are headed out there to judge the Tri-Valley High School Comedy Contest.  Who knows, we may discover some of the nation’s future comedy stars!

I was a guy last night and the men on the show applauded my skills. I actually watched three different shows in a one hour time span thanks to a remote and the miracle of technology. I had to check out my men: Jason Taylor (Dancing with the Stars) and Ace Young (celebrity guest victim) on Bones and of course I had to see Britney’s return to How I Met Your Mother. Thank God for counter-programming!

Interesting bad dating stories this morning. I can relate. I’ve got plenty, heck I’ve got dating shrapnel that can’t be removed. It doesn’t affect my performance though. (Smile)

Today’s Love Trap brought up some interesting questions that may come up sometime like “Did you support or curtail a bachelor/bachelorette party for your significant other?” “Is your mate allowed to go to strip clubs/watch porn etc?” Why or Why Not? How far should you trust your mate? For example do you snoop and how much? Just some thoughts.  I’m thinking out loud because I’m planning a Ladies Room for tomorrow.

Okay. I have to go home and set my DVR since I’m going to be out with Baltazar all night.  You all have a fantastic day!

That’s what our Hornblower Mother’s Day cruise was on Saturday.  It was so nice to meet so many people that love our show! You guys know the features better than I do. I had such a good time I forgot I was supposed to be working!

I forgot to mention this on the show today but in my defense we are running promos for it: tonight Ace Young is the guest star on Bones! I am going to watch, I confess. I also know I’m not the only one because I have gotten your e-mails. When I bring it up make sure you call in tomorrow. Don’t be scared, we’re all allowed a guilty pleasure.

Boy am I tired today. It was a whirlwind weekend starting with the baseball game on Friday! Let me just say again “I LOVE AT&T PARK!”, the food, the views…now if we could get some hot bats going on the Giants we would be the total package!

That’s it for me. Remember tomorrow a brand new Love Trap and more chances to win nights out with Baltazar and I as well as George Lopez tickets. In the words of Bartles and James “Thank-you for your support!”.

Things have worked themselves out for the better today but I expect there’s more change coming down the road. Here’s the deal, I am generally the constant and stuff happens to the people around me and I’m okay with that. If life was a movie, I’m the best friend, the co-star, the best supporting actress not the one carrying the main plotline. When I’m thrust into the spotlight it’s unsettling. I feel like I get plenty of “spotlight” at work so I don’t need it at home too. I’m perfectly happy listening to my friends and co-workers dramas.

Okay, that was a bit “inside” but stuff’s just rattling around in my head today. Moving on, B, Chunk and Mark having their fun riding me about Ace Young. That’s fine but trust me, their time will come and I will be right there! I’m sorry the man is dazzling.

I’m really excited about meeting all the Mom’s on the cruise tomorrow. I think it will be a blast and a half. By the way, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers. God Bless you and keep you.  Piggybacking that, cherish your Mom. During the ladies room one of the callers opened up about the fact that her Mom is dying of cancer and reminded us how precious mother’s are and that we should cherish everyday with them. I love my mother with everything I have and cherish her more and more as I get older.  I want to say, if you are feuding with your Mom use this weekend to be the bigger person and patch things up. Even if things don’t work out, you’ll have the piece of mind that you tried.

Allright.  I’m going to meet a friend for lunch. I always feel lucky when I eat pie so there will be a big ol’ slice for me today. Al’s coming in and I get to go to the Giants game…all in all…yea-me!  Hope your day is shaping up to be even better!

That’s where I’m residing right now thanks to some unforseen events. I’m not complaining because things could always be worse. It’s just that I’m a person that likes to tread the midddle ground. You know, the path of least resisitence. This year seems to be a “growing pains” year for me though. Lots of change and upheaval.  I know, the one constant in life is change but it doesn’t mean I have to like it.

The funny thing is, I have no problem grabbing my superhero cape and boots and flying into the unknown to help someone else but when it’s just me I’m a coward.  The very hint of change can send me cowering to the couch. Even if it’s something good. As a friend of mine once said ( although I don’t think he was the first one to say it) “It’s the devil you know versus the devil you don’t know”. I suppose because even if something is bad and you get used to it the idea of change its scary because you think, gosh what if this makes it worse? At least I do. I need to train myself to think…what if this makes it better or at least different. It’s times like these I think “I know what I’m doing but what am I supposed to be doing?” I just have to keep living I suppose and the answer will be revealed. Hope it’s a good one.

 Yes, Ladies and Gentleman, try as I might, I could not resist the considerable charms of Ace Young. All I can say is I didn’t go down without a fight.  Cool, calm, collected chick that I strive to be- the one thing, the one thing that will take me down everytime is a hot guy. It’s my Kryptonite!  I can give a speech in front of two or two thousand  strangers without a drop of sweat. I’ve lead interventions with close friends that pushed them to rehab (and if you’ve done it you know that’s a hard conversation), I could go on with my daring exploits the point is I can do all these things yet throw a hot guy in my path and my brain goes smooth.  All the confidence and cleverness goes out the window and all of a sudden I’m 12 again.  The super-quiet pigeon-toed girl, fighting not to fidget and trying not be noticed. Because if the cute guy says something to me I’ll have to say something back then he’ll know I’m a dork.

Now mind you the next time I see any age close to 12 it will have a 1 in front of it.  I have interviewed countless celebrities and dignitaries from Grammy and Oscar winners to Superbowl studs. Some have been hella-cool, most are very professional and honestly I can only name one guy to this day I would like to punch out. However, famous or not the only person to jam me up is a really good-looking guy and Ace Young is one of those guys.

I think most of the population falls into the bell curve of attractiveness but some particularly blessed people are off the charts. No matter whether your male or female you have to stare at that other human being because they are so beautiful that it makes you speechless for a minute. Combine that with them being a really nice person and well I don’t know about you, but it makes things impossible for me.

However, I think people that have that type of beauty are well aware of it. They’ve been getting stared at and complimented for a long time. Along the way they decide to use their beauty for good or evil or a combination of both. Anyway Ace Young is so adorable you want to eat him with a spoon and take a nap after so you can sleep on the goodness. He knows it, in a good way. He knows he takes your breath away so he smiles until you get it back. He also engages and indulges you so you feel worthy of the attention.  He leaves you in a haze. You’re dazzled by his looks, his goodness and his charm but with all that he is a genuine person. When he leaves you feel warm and fuzzy and then the haze wears off and you become the dork you think you are or maybe your’re just human. Either way, I’m going to give myself a break. That shy ,corny 12-year old is part of the woman I am today. My quick wit and sharp tongue will be back tomorrow without fail unless there’s another Ace in the deck.

My friends, may  you have the pleasure of being dazzled by the beauty of your surroundings today too!

First of all, thanks to everyone who came out to Pedro’s yesterday for J. Love’s Cinco de Mayo broadcast. It was a blast! I loved doing the Pm Edition of the Hollywood Dirt in front of a live audience. I got to meet some great people and I appreciate all the love. BTW: In the midst of all the adult beverages we did eat and their food is yummy!

Okay, this post is short because I have offcially hit the wall and must have sleep!

Call in early with your questions for Gary Spivey, tomorrow is psychic Wednesday. If you haven’t got your gift for Mom yet we’ll have more chances to win our “Mom’s Da Bomb” prize pack and to get on our Hornblower Mother’s Day Brunch Cruise, oh and former American Idol hottie Ace Young stops by with some behind-the-scenes Idol dish. Plus my brain will be back tomorrow. It’s so much easier to do the show with it. Thanks for reading this far, have a blessed day!

I just had the best weekend EVER! (okay in recent memory)  Shouts out to Francisco, thanks for getting me and my friend Kim back home okay. (You know it’s bad when you need a designated walker!) To the city of Livermore, y’all know how to throw a festival. This weekend’s Winefest was a blast! J-Love who’s parties are always hella-fun ( thanks offering up your couch!). Lots of thanks to my friend Patricia for being patient enough to ride around with me despite the fact I’m directionally challenged and sing-off key the whole time I’m driving. Oh, one more for Kim who refused to let me wallow in my hangover yesterday by picking me up so we could hit the Buena Vista for Irish Coffee. I’m tired with an edge of bar voice this morning but really happy to have friends. The good times continue to roll this afternoon at Pedro’s in Santa Clara. J is doing a live Cinco De Mayo Broadcast so I’ll be there for the PM Edition of the Hollywood Dirt.  Hurray Me! Come by and see us and Baltazar and Chunk. You can take bets on which of us flames out first.

My apartment looks like it’s been ransacked! One of the consquences of not being home all weekend is you get behind on the housework. My clothes closet looks like it exploded! I’ve got dishes in the sink curling irons on the floor…I’m thinking of putting up crime scene tape and calling it a “designer disaster”.

All in all I’m grateful for life and I plan to embrace it with lots of fun experiences and friends to share them. Anything fun I discover I’ll hip you to so you can try it at home and I’ll tell-all on the stuff that sucks.  Let’s ride the ride together and see where we end up. On that note, I’m headed to Love Trap someone, finish up my other work and head home( with Baltazar in tow) to do the laundry I should have done on Friday. Hope I see you at Pedro’s! Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Yesterday off the air we were talking about what things determine whether you’re going to have agood day or a day.  The Bay Bridge was jacked up yesterday and a number of people were calling to vent about the traffic and a few of them said their morning commute determines their day. My commute is solitary most mornings so it doesn’t have much bearing on my attitude. However, this morning when I got into the elevator there was actually a man in there (generally I see no one on my way to work and if I do they are at a distance) so I said “Good Morning”. He had “Monday Morning Face”, that combination of tired and wishing that the somewhere you’re going wasn’t work.  His answer to my “Good Morning” was “Well at least it’s Wednesday.”  I said “Yeah, it’s Hump Day, all down hill from here.” I wished him a good day and he headed out his way and I headed out mine. Pretty cheerful until I flipped open my “agenda” for the day and realized I am swamped! UGH! I hate days like this.  When I book my days tight, well that’s my fault but when it’s beyond my control I just feel pressured the whole way . Something always happens to make you late and then everything goes tumbling like dominos!

I am so ready for the weekend! It was just yesterday that I was complaining about being challenged when it comes to keeping my “health kick ” New Year’s Resolution. Today I’m planning on hitting the streets to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. If my liver holds up, I’ll be out all weekend and I plan to attend J-Love’s broadcast on Monday.  Hope to see you out and about, maybe we can throw one back together.

It was a laugh riot in the studio today between Greg Proops and Darren Carter (”The Party Stater”). Both are doing shows in the Bay Area this weekend. Greg is at the Punchline in San Francisco and Darren will be at Rooster T. Feathers in Sunnyvale. Don’t forget my man Mark Curry at the San Jose Improv. Wherever you live in the Bay Area there’s a laugh close by!

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s surprise wedding is still  a surprise to me. Surprise weddings are my favorite type of gossip but I don’t know, something is fishy about this. I think we’ve been punked.

I hope I can work my curse again for the San Jose Sharks.  To that end I’m gonna go to a nearby watering hole and have an adult beverage and root for the Dallas Stars. You know me “sports jinx extrordinaire”, all I have to do is root for a team and they’re sandbagged. Go Stars!

Well that’s it show fans, hope you’re enjoying life as much as I am.  Again thanks to everyone for the prayers and positive thoughts for my family during my Dad’s health crisis. We still have some hurdles to jump but I believe prayer and a positive mental attitude will get us over them.  My Dad’s health scare has given me a new lease on life. I know there is alot of suffering out in the world and here across the U-S. Gas prices are skyrocketing and food prices are right behind them. People are being pushed to the edge and beyond. To that end I say let’s all try and be nicer to each other, a positive attitude is something we have to give that’s free and can be appreciated by everyone. Some days your smile may be the only bright spot in someone’s day.  Live to Love and Love to Live that’s what I say. Have a great weekend!